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Political and Sociological Factors to Enact the Changes
Politically, there needs to be a "crossing of the aisle" for those who are politically opposed to one another in the halls of Congress and Senate if the new system will ever happen because of the Federal role in financing, accounting, and administrating the new system. Perhaps most importantly, what the political officials need to understand is that this is an American, or more precisely human issue, rather than one that is associated with one political party or the other. A healthy population is best for everyone and should not be discarded for the sake of political wrangling, advantage, or the pursuit of power. If everyone in all political parties work together to allocate the necessary resources, then and only then can this system be born, grow and prosper over the long-term (Nichols, 2003).
The "person on the street" must also contribute to the promotion of this new system in several ways beyond the obvious financial commitments. They must be willing to cooperate and utilize the system to its best advantage, not to defraud or abuse it. Reflecting back on an earlier portion of this paper as well, the stigma of a "welfare type" system must vanish immediately.
Summary
This paper has attempted to present a system that will change the way that Americans obtain, use, and benefit from health care. More importantly, or perhaps most importantly, what this system will also do is to enrich the...
In this day and age, there is perhaps no more important agenda than that to promote the general well-being of every citizen and make the nation strong enough to endure in what many would say is a world gone mad.
In closing, let it be understood that while no health care system is perfect, this universal system is one of the most fair and equitable ways for the provision of quality care for everyone, if and only if each party in the process does what they are supposed to do. We owe it to ourselves, as well as those who come after us, to give this initiative the best shot that we can. Without it, the future of America itself is a question mark, and the answer could be fatal.
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Universal Health Care
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Dixon, J. & Scheurell, R.P. (Eds.). (2002). The State of Social Welfare: The Twentieth Century in Cross-National Review. Westport, CT: Praeger.
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